Doctrine and Covenants
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Doctrine and Covenants is a canonical collection of modern revelations and inspired declarations regarded as scripture by Latter-day Saint movement churches.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337264 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctrine and Covenants Context triple: [Latter-day Saint movement churches, hasTheologicalBasis, Doctrine and Covenants]
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A.
Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a sacred religious text of the Latter-day Saint movement that narrates the spiritual history of ancient peoples in the Americas and serves as a companion scripture to the Bible.
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B.
Aaronic priesthood
The Aaronic priesthood is the hereditary Israelite priestly order descended from Aaron, responsible in biblical tradition for performing temple sacrifices and overseeing ritual worship.
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C.
Book of Concord
The Book of Concord is the definitive collection of Lutheran confessional writings, compiling key creeds and doctrinal statements that articulate the theology of the Lutheran Reformation.
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D.
Torah
The Torah is the central and most sacred text of Judaism, comprising the foundational five books that outline Jewish law, teachings, and early history.
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E.
Word of God
The Word of God is a Christological title that identifies Jesus Christ as the divine self-revelation and ultimate expression of God’s will and truth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctrine and Covenants Target entity description: Doctrine and Covenants is a canonical collection of modern revelations and inspired declarations regarded as scripture by Latter-day Saint movement churches.
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A.
Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a sacred religious text of the Latter-day Saint movement that narrates the spiritual history of ancient peoples in the Americas and serves as a companion scripture to the Bible.
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B.
Aaronic priesthood
The Aaronic priesthood is the hereditary Israelite priestly order descended from Aaron, responsible in biblical tradition for performing temple sacrifices and overseeing ritual worship.
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C.
Book of Concord
The Book of Concord is the definitive collection of Lutheran confessional writings, compiling key creeds and doctrinal statements that articulate the theology of the Lutheran Reformation.
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D.
Torah
The Torah is the central and most sacred text of Judaism, comprising the foundational five books that outline Jewish law, teachings, and early history.
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E.
Word of God
The Word of God is a Christological title that identifies Jesus Christ as the divine self-revelation and ultimate expression of God’s will and truth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book of scripture
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canonical collection ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Community of Christ
ⓘ
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
surface form:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
other Latter Day Saint denominations ⓘ |
| compiledBy |
Joseph Smith
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early Latter Day Saint leaders ⓘ |
| contains |
inspired declarations
ⓘ
revelations ⓘ |
| dateRangeOfRevelations | 1820s–1840s ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| hasDifferentEditions |
Community of Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Community of Christ edition
Doctrine and Covenants self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
LDS Church edition
other Latter Day Saint editions ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
religious scripture
ⓘ
revelatory text ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Declarations (law)
ⓘ
surface form:
official declarations
sections ⓘ |
| influenced |
Latter-day Saint church structure
ⓘ
Latter-day Saint doctrine ⓘ Latter-day Saint practices ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Church of the Latter Day Saints ⓘ |
| partOf |
Doctrine and Covenants
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Community of Christ canon
LDS Church canon ⓘ standard works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
Kirtland, Ohio, United States
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surface form:
Kirtland, Ohio
|
| primaryAuthor | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| regardedAs | scripture ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Bible
ⓘ
Book of Mormon ⓘ Pearl of Great Price ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Latter-day Saint movement churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Latter-day Saint movement
|
| scripturalStatusInCommunityOfChrist | canonized ⓘ |
| scripturalStatusInLDSChurch | canonized ⓘ |
| subject |
church organization
ⓘ
commandments ⓘ eschatology ⓘ ordinances ⓘ priesthood authority ⓘ revelation ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
church governance
ⓘ
doctrinal instruction ⓘ personal study ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Latter-day Saint teaching curricula
ⓘ
Latter-day Saint worship services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Doctrine and Covenants Description of subject: Doctrine and Covenants is a canonical collection of modern revelations and inspired declarations regarded as scripture by Latter-day Saint movement churches.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Doctrine and Covenants 57
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Doctrine and Covenants 84
this entity surface form:
Community of Christ canon
this entity surface form:
LDS Church edition
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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religiousText
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Doctrine and Covenants
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this entity surface form:
Doctrine and Covenants (RLDS edition)
this entity surface form:
Doctrine and Covenants (Rigdonite/Bickertonite editions)
this entity surface form:
Doctrine and Covenants (early revelations)
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Doctrine and Covenants (1835 edition)
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Doctrine and Covenants (1835 edition)
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Doctrine and Covenants (1921 edition)
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Joseph Smith—History 1:5–26